UK’s cyber security agency warns of ‘sophisticated’ threat from Chinese hackers

Chinese hackers pose a “highly sophisticated and capable” threat to the UK, GCHQ’s cyber security agency has warned. The warning came after the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recorded a 50% increase in “highly significant” online incidents carried out by criminals and state-linked groups in the year to the end of August. The attacks on household names…

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SK Telecom hacked “CoinbaseCartel” threaten to leak source code this week

The new hacking group, which claimed to have stolen confidential source code and sensitive project files from SK Telecom last month, is now threatening to leak that data if the telecommunications giant doesn’t start negotiations. The previously unheard-of ransomware group, CoinbaseCartel, apparently hoping to garner attention for itself and get a ransom payout from the…

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